Like I predicted, I’ve been lazy and haven’t uploaded anything to my blog. So here’s a brief review of some of the things that I did in the past month. The last weekend of January, we went as a group (with a group of students of Chavás High School) to Barcelona and Tarragona. There isn’t space to to recount all the things we did and saw, but there were a few very interesting parts. The Sagrada Familia is a church that was just proclaimed by the pope to be a Basilica Catholic. It was designed by Antonio Gaudí in a modernist style using hyperbolic shapes (that’s for all you math and engineering geeks out there). I did like his buildings, but the most interesting part for me is that he died when he was run over by a tram. It’s a pretty ignominious end for a famous architect. We also visited a house (the Casa Milá) that he designed. It was very interesting, especially the roof. My favorite part of the trip was the Camp Nou stadium, where plays the soccer team FC Barcelona. I wasn’t really a fan of football before, but how can you not be after visiting something that impressive? It’s the biggest stadium in Europe by far, seating over 99,000 people. It has hosted crowds up to 120,000 in the past when fire code wasn’t such a big deal. We could see everything, including the locker rooms, press room, and the field itself. We also visited the Cordorníu (which just SOUNDS snotty) winery where they make champagnes called cavas (cave wines). They were really good, but also really expensive. We did a lot more on the trip but I’m lazy so I’m done writing for now. Sorry about the shoddy quality of English; I’m having to translate this all to English. ALSO: Shoutouts to all the grandparents (Grandpa and Grandma Start, Grandpa DeVries and Grandma Nell), as well as Ann Fachi and Spindler. Love ya guys!